The Biden administration is planning to refer some migrants in Latin America for resettlement in Greece and Italy as part of another effort to discourage people in the region from traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border, two people familiar with the government's plans told CBS News.
The initiative would involve Greece and Italy welcoming migrants processed at immigration offices that the Biden administration set up last year in four Latin American countries to screen migrants who hope to reach the U.S., the sources said, requesting anonymity to discuss arrangements that have yet to be announced.
The centers, officially known as Safe Mobility Offices, allow certain migrants in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Guatemala to apply to come to the U.S. or other countries legally. Under the new arrangements, Greece and Italy would join Canada and Spain in resettling some of those processed at the offices. One of the sources said Italy and Greece would likely accept a relatively small number of migrants, roughly 500 or fewer each.
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
If you were in the shoes of a migrant, how important would the final destination country be to you, and why?
@9NBBDK6Independent2yrs2Y
It would be important that it is somewhere I could integrate and had a chance to develop a life (ie I speak some of the language or I have family there), otherwise safety would be my priority.
@9NBB3KB2yrs2Y
It would be important that it is somewhere I could integrate and had a chance to develop a life (ie I speak some of the language or I have family there), otherwise safety would be my priority.
@9NBB2PR2yrs2Y
it should not be important as I never intended to get sent there
Migrants are humans and their circumstances are as unique as anyone else's, they should not be treated like 2nd class citizens.
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